AWS CloudFormation plugin for IntelliJ-based IDEs
(IntelliJ IDEA, RubyMine, WebStorm, PhpStorm, PyCharm, AppCode, Android Studio, DataGrip, CLion)

This plugin was originally developed there: https://github.com/shalupov/idea-cloudformation

Latest stable version

Install plugin from IDE: File -> Settings -> Plugins -> Browse Repositories -> search for CloudFormation

See IntelliJ IDEA plugin repository: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7371

Quick Start

Note: you need IDEA 2017.1 or later for YAML support

• Open any *.template, *.json, *.yaml file with CloudFormation JSON/YAML inside
• There should be number of features available:
  • Template validation
    • Overall file structure
    • References to resources, conditions, parameters, mappings
    • Resource types and properties
  • File structure (aka Go to member) (Ctrl-F12 on Windows): fast jump to any entity in the file
  • Completion in Ref clause
  • Completion of resources types and properties
  • Live template for Ref clause: type "ref" and press Tab
  • Ctrl-Click on any reference to jump to its definition
  • Quick Documentation for resource types and properties
  • Format file